BATTLEDOME - Bit of reverse thinking anyone? Well, it might actually
help you win in the Battledome. Here's the guide that tells you how to confuse
and/or disorientate Battledome opponents in a way that not many people know.
Dear reader, I bring to you.
The art of 3hp combat!
This is an advanced guide for already established Battledome players. If
your new I suggest you read the following Battledome guides before you try to
tackle this one.
Theory
of Battledome Set-ups By _corpse_
Opponent
Selection Guide By _corpse_
What
Faerie Blessed Ability is Right For You? By Kickerwow
History. This type of fighting has only been around for several months, it
started with a rather interesting discovery while fighting in the Battledome
- I was rounded against a Mynci with only 4 hit points. This alone confused
me as the previous lowest I had seen was a Kyrii
with 7hp. After winning the battle I decided to make a Mynci
and see how low its hit points actually went. 3 hp was the lowest I saw. I named
my new Mynci "newbwiththegoldengun".
It was more of a joke than anything and it got many good laughs from my friends.
But I persisted and equipped it with my best weapons - mainly because I thought
it would be ironic to have a low hp pet with high wins. So I went to QuickFight
to test it out. I was simply amazed at the reactions of people. My starting
move was Thyoras tear + Hypno Helmet + frost. The tear stops 100% of damage
for one round per battle, so even my 3hp pet could withstand the hits they threw
and the hypno helmet froze my opponent for the second round. Frost did just
one icon but still helped. This gap in their defence left them open to attack
and my weapons had enough power to finish them off. I found that even strong
opponents failed to freeze me and instead went for a one hit knock out - Thanks
to hypno helmet and t-tear these people found their own pets were the ones that
got knocked out.
After a while I realised this was the most fun thing to do on Neopets (in
my opinion anyway!). I started a guild and made a guild account. After a while
I moved all my things to the guild account but I left newbwiththegoldengun back
in my first ever account, where he still remains (well fed) today. =)
After a while I missed newbwiththegoldengun and decided to make another low
HP pet. Its name was newbzilla.
Using this pet I perfected the art of low hp combat that you see today.
Why it's fun?
If you're a Neopets veteran looking for the ultimate challenge, or just a newbie
looking for some respect - Doing this is fun! It's the ultimate form of irony,
the ultimate form of mockery and the ultimate show of skill and cunning all
wound up into one 3hp monstrosity. Plus you get battles within seconds, instead
of having to wait for hours in QuickFight like you do with high-level pets.
What do I need?
Well there's a few things considered "vital". The main items you will need
for this are a hypno helmet/freezing potion and a scorchstone that heals (not
golden or silver).
You need to put together a set-up as follows.
1. 100% Freeze weapon
2. Buffer weapon
3. SEMI-CRITICAL weapon (See Theory
of Battledome set-ups for more info)
4. SEMI-CRITICAL weapon (See Theory
of Battledome set-ups for more info)
5. Ice mote / Ice dice
6. Downsize power plus
7. Support weapon
8. Support weapon
The first round of combat is a mix of the Buffer item plus the 100% freeze
weapon. The abilities burrow, sink, quench and steam shield are useful for a
first turn because they stop icons from hitting you. So your opponent has less
chance of taking those vital 3hps that keep you alive. But what exactly IS a
buffer item? It's basically an item that heals OVER your current maximum hitpoints.
For example a green scorchstone used on the first turn would heal 40 HP. This
means on the first round, your opponent would have to deal 43 damage to kill
you. This is harder than it sounds at low level, as most hits don't deal over
30 damage. BEWARE - using fierce attack will put your defence down so only use
defence or species abilities on round one. If you survive round one and they're
frozen you can finish them off with your 2 semi- critical items. Honey potion
is a great item here and so is Illusens earth potion.
If you happen to fight a good opponent they will try and freeze you on round
one. If they succeed you go through the "calm before the storm" a turn where
both pets are frozen and can't move.
If this happens when you both thaw out - you're in the stage of the fight myself
and Wadgem call the "single combat phase". It's difficult for a 3hp pet to survive
without defence items. Here's the survival guide, items 5 - 8 come into play
here.
Dealing enough damage to an opponent while protecting your vital 3hp is an
art. The best way (I'll not lie) is to get lucky and freeze your opponent with
fiery gaze or ice mote, while protecting yourself with downsize power plus.
But this is very unreliable. Each person has their own little way of winning
here. Lets look at a few combos that I've encountered.
Thyoras Tear/Downsize power plus + Ice mote + Fiery
gaze
The mote may hit or fiery may hit. If either does, next turn you're opponent
is toast. This is the basic pattern any 3hp pet should follow. It may prove
costly in the long run.
Thyoras tear/downsize power plus + Faerie slingshot
+ Fiery gaze
100% protection plus 1/3 of a chance of a near deadly hit from slingshot and
1/3 of a chance of freezing an opponent for a next turn kill Just a different
version of the above strategy.
Everlasting crystal apple + Ice mote + Fiery gaze
The ECA cannot be equipped with a scorchstone, so its likely you will have
used you're burrow on round one. This move is risky but useful.
Rod of dark nova + Ice mote/FAS + Fiery gaze
The rod can deflect icons, but its healing is erratic so sometimes you could
find its healing as low as 20hp which is not enough to sustain you against a
big hit. Some people such as myself prefer Faerie acorn slingshot in this combo
because even if it misses it deals good damage.
Moon staff + Sad spell + burrow
This and other close to or 100% block attacks leave you open to freeze. This
is only a good move if your 3hp pet has got very high strength OR your opponent
has very low hp.
Greater staff of the earth faerie + Tornado ring +
sink
Another heavy blocking move. I don't recommend it though.
In the unlikely event that you miss or both freeze with fiery gaze at the same
time, most people will find that next turn they will loose. Although there are
items that will let your win, everlasting crystal apple or rod of dark/supernova
are good examples. These items cost millions of Neopoints and are out of most
peoples grasp. Here are 4 example set-ups for low hp pets.
Newbie set
Bronze Scorchstone (Heals 15hp)
Snowglobe staff (Chance of freeze among other
things)
Illusens earth potion (9-11 icons)
Illusens earth potion (9-11 icons)
Caustic potion (slight heal, not enough to stay
alive unless used with burrow)
Caustic potion (slight heal, not enough to stay
alive unless used with burrow)
Caustic potion (slight heal, not enough to stay
alive unless used with burrow)
Caustic potion (slight heal, not enough to stay
alive unless used with burrow)
First move:
Snowglobe staff + Bronze scorchstone + Magic berries
(weak)
Second move:
Magic berry + Magic berry + Fiery gaze (weak)
If you haven't froze your opponent by this time use:
Caustic potion + Caustic potion + burrow (strong)
If your opponent still lives, try to force a draw with:
Illusens earth potion + Illusens earth potion + fierce
attack.)
Common set
Blue scorchstone (Heals 30)
Hypno Helmet (100% freeze)
Illusens earth potion (9-11 icons)
Illusens earth potion (9-11 icons)
Downsize power plus (100% protect, one use)
Ice mote (3 icons, chance of freezing, breakable)
Caustic potion (slight heal, not enough to stay
alive unless used with burrow)
Caustic potion (slight heal, not enough to stay
alive unless used with burrow)
Typical set
Everlasting crystal apple (heals 30hp per round
and shows opponents weapons)
Hypno helmet (100% freeze)
Honey potion (14-16 icons, semi critical)
Honey potion (14-16 icons, semi critical)
Thyoras tear (100% protect)
Downsize power plus (100% protect, one use)
Ice mote (3 icons, chance of freezing, breakable)
Ice mote (3 icons, chance of freezing, breakable)
(Note: 2 ice motes are better than one. The ECA cannot be equipped with a
scorchstone)
Master Set
Rainbow Scorchstone (heals 80, best buffer
weapon)
Freezing potion (100% freeze, plus water icons)
Honey potion (14-16 icons, semi critical)
Honey potion (14-16 icons, semi critical)
Thyoras tear (100% protect)
Downsize power plus (100% protect, one use)
Ice Dice (Chance of freeze)
Rod of dark nova (heals 10 - 55hp each turn, blocks
all fire+dark, creates 3 darknovas and does 4 icons)
(Note: The ultimate set wouldn't be useful too post here as only a few people
in Neopia could afford it)
This should be all you need to know to start a low HP pet. Remember even things
like bronze scorchstone can be used as a buffer weapon. It doesn't have to be
a 100% freeze item either. But if you want to win consistently you need at least
a blue scorchstone and a hypno helmet.
Special thanks to Wadgem
and his 3hper ChrisTheNinjaPirate
- for proof reading - And the members of my
guild for egging me on to write my third NT article =) | 
